Pocket savings-bank.



1.]. KUSEL.

POCKET SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION HLED NOV-25. 1914.

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TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDOR J. KUSEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STRONGI-IART COMPANY,OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

POCKET SAVINGS-BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed. November 25, 1914. Serial N 0. 873,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISIDOR J. KUsEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pocket Savings- Banks,of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to pocket savings banks suitable to be carried inthe pocket and to receive small coins. Banks of this kind are used bybankers, banking companies and the like to distribute to various personsin which the latter may deposit small coins and then take to the bankeror banking or trust company to have the money deposited in an account.Saving is encouraged and at the same time the banker or banking or trustcompany secures advertisement and very often new accounts as a resultof. the distribution of the banks. These small pocket savings banks areusually so constructed that they may receive small coins such as dimes,nickels and pennies, but such coins cannot be taken out of the bankswithout the latter being opened by some opening device, which latter isusually kept in the hands of the banker or banking company. This carriesthe saving idea one degree further, making it compulsory as it were, forthe small coins deposited in the bank to be actually deposited in asavings account with some banker or banking company.

One of the objects of my invention is to improve the construction of thebank, making it possible to incorporate the advertising matter moreeasily in the construction of the bank, and to permit changes andrevisions of the same.

Another object is to allow the incorporation in the bank structure of amirror or other device for useful or other purpose.

Another object of the invention is to permit different sized coins to beinserted in the bank, but at the same time effectively to preventwithdrawal or removal of such coins either accidentally or otherwise, itbeing noted that in banks of this kind very often the structure is suchas to permit only one size of coin to be admitted to the bank.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the accompanyingdescription.

bands or members 0 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of apocket savings bank embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 33 in Fig.2; Fig. 4 is a view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the bankshowing a detail of construction. F1g. 5 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on line 55 in Fig. 2, a portion of the device being broken away;Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device; Fig. 7 isa vertical section of the bank shown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 7 of another modification.

Referring to the device shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, I show apocket savings bank device comprising a. top 1, a central or bodyportion 2, and a bottom 3. The top and bottom 1 and 3 are preferablymade separable from the body 2 and the latter is desirably provided withapertures 4- 1 into which the prong of a key may be inserted to pry ofteither the top 1 or bottom 3 in accordance with the invention set forthin my application, Serial No. 813,076, filed January 19, 1914: PatentNumber 1,126,643. In accordance with my present invention I provide thetop 1 and bottom 3 with edge members or bands 5 and 6 respectively, saidmembers or bands having flanges 7 and 8, respectively, adapted to engagethe inner edge portions of said top and bottom. Pieces 9 and 10 ofcelluloid or other suitable material are arranged upon the outersurfaces of the top and bottom and the edge portions thereof areinterposed between the and 6 and the edge portions of the top and bottomof the device, so that said bands or members 5 and 6 engage and hold theedge portions or said pieces 9 and 10' properly in place.

The device shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, is preferably made in ovalform, in which case of course the top 1 and bottom 3 would be in ovalform and the bands 5 and 6 also in oval form. In case the top 1 andbottom 3 are bodily detachable, as is preferably the case, the bands 5and 6 obviously tend to strengthen the grip or engagement of said topand bottom upon the body portion 2, and thus hold said top and bottommore firmly and securely against accidental detachment or even againstwilful or. purposeful detachment on the part of the person owning thedevice or some other person into whose hands the device may haveaccidentally fallen. Even though the top 1 and bottom or one of the sameis firmly and nondetachably secured-to the body portion 2, neverthelessthe bands or edge pieces 5 and 6 will tend to strengthen the fixedengagement of said member with the middle or body portion 2. Aconvenient means for removably securing the top and body portionstogether is indicated at 20, and consists of projections which arespaced apart at intervals adjacent the edge of the body portion 2, theseprojections being engaged by the inturned edge of the top 1.Furthermore, the edge members 5 and 6 form a convenient and ready meansfor holding the celluloid coverings9 and 10 in place and permitting thesame to be quickly and inexpensively fitted and attached and alsoremoved and replaced, if desired. As an arrangement for permitting coinsto be inserted into the bank, but preventing their being withdrawntherefrom, except on a proper opening of the bank, I show two springs12-12, suitably secured in position, one on each side of a coin slot 14formed in the central or body member 2. As a convenient arrangementthese springs are secured in position by small rings or beads l515forming the apertures 1 for the prong of the opening key. The springs12-12 are provided with slots or recesses l6-16 at their free ends,which ends are preferably bent or curved, as shown in Fig. 5. The slots16 when the springs are in the normal position as shown in Fig. 5, arenot co-extensive with the coin slot 14, but are of less length thanthesame, and such length is less than the smallest coin which the bank isto receive. The springs 1212, however, are capable of being moved by acoin when the same has passed through the coin slot 14 so that saidsprings may bend or swing inwardly permitting the coin to pass throughthe slots 16-16 because of the fact that said springs in moving inwardlyare separated from one another sufficiently to permit the slots 1616 tomake an aperture long enough to permit the coin to enter the bank.

Thus the springs will permit the admission" of a coin, but prevent itspassing out again through the coin slot. Furthermore, coins of differentsize can be inserted, for obviously the springs 12-12 can be moved orswung backwardly Varying distances suflicient to permit the insertion ofthe different sized coins. 1

In Figs. 6 and 7, I show a bank which is 'circular instead of beingoval, as shown in held in place by the ring device 15 forming theaperture for the opening key. The single spring 12 will operate topermit the in sertion of different sized coins as previously referredto.

In Fig. 8 I show a bank constructed very similarly to the bank of Figs.6 and 7, but in this bank of Fig. 8 I show a mirror 17 placed upon andforming a part of the cover 1", such mirror 17 being convenientlyinterposed between the body portion 18 of the cover and the edge band orring 19. Thus the mirror is held securely in position and forms a highlydesirable addition to the device. Other members or devices could beincorporated as a part of the top of the mirror in the manner shown inconnection with the mirror 17.

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

hat I claim is:

1. A device of the class specified having a top provided with a flange,an edge band having a flange which engages the flange on said top and abody portion which when the top is in place thereon projects into thetop and engages the flanges of the top and edge member.

2. A device of the class specified having a coin opening and also havinga spring provided with an open ended slot located adjacent said coinopening, and means for securing said spring to said device, said meansforming a key hole.

3. A device of the class specified, provided with an elongated coinopening, and a pair of springs, one each side of said opening, saidsprings being provided with recesses located at the free ends of saidsprings adjacent said coin opening, the ends of said springs beingsecured by ring members forming apertures in said device.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 2nd day ofNovember, A. D.

1914. ISIDOR J. KUSEL- \Vitnesses A. LYDA JoNEs, HAZEL A. JONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for. five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

